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* [[March 14]] - The ''[[Surprise (paddle steamer)|Surprise]]'', the first [[paddle steamer]] built in Australia, was launched in Sydney. |
* [[March 14]] - The ''[[Surprise (paddle steamer)|Surprise]]'', the first [[paddle steamer]] built in Australia, was launched in Sydney. |
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* [[April 18]] - The [[Sydney]] daily newspaper and Australia's oldest newspaper ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' is first published. |
* [[April 18]] - The [[Sydney]] daily newspaper and Australia's oldest newspaper ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' is first published. |
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* The Ripon Land Regulation Act provides land grants. |
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*[[Australian literature|Australia’s first novel]], ''Quintus Servinton: A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence'' was written and published in Tasmania . It was written by the convicted English forger [[Henry Savery]] and published anonymously. |
*[[Australian literature|Australia’s first novel]], ''Quintus Servinton: A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence'' was written and published in Tasmania . It was written by the convicted English forger [[Henry Savery]] and published anonymously. |
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Revision as of 11:15, 12 November 2008
See also: 1830 in Australia, other events of 1831, 1832 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Ralph Darling (to 23 October).
- Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke (from 23 October).
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
- Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling
Events
- March 4 - James Stirling commissioned as Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia, rectifying the absence of a legal instrument providing the authority detailed in Stirling's Instructions of 30 December 1828.
- March 14 - The Surprise, the first paddle steamer built in Australia, was launched in Sydney.
- April 18 - The Sydney daily newspaper and Australia's oldest newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald is first published.
- The Ripon Land Regulation Act provides land grants.
Arts and literature
- Australia’s first novel, Quintus Servinton: A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence was written and published in Tasmania . It was written by the convicted English forger Henry Savery and published anonymously.